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Take our quiz and watch our video: What does a U.S. senator do?

What does a Senator do? People at Penn Station answer, or not.The day before Cory Booker and Steve Lonegan square off at the polls during a special election, we spoke with people at Penn Station in Newark about the U.S. Senate and the role senators play in the government. 10/15/2013 (Video by Lisa Rose/The Star-Ledger)

Democrat Cory Booker, the Newark mayor, and Republican Steve Lonegan, the former mayor of Bogota, are seeking to complete the unexpired term of longtime Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank Launtenberg, who died in June.

The major party hopefuls have provided their views on issues and debated topics, but what will the winner actually do as a member of the U.S. Senate? What would their duties be in Congress?

We posed that question to a dozen random people. You can see their answers in the video above. But, how much do you know about the the duties of a U.S. Senator? Take our brief quiz here to test your knowledge.